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ERIC Number: ED610504
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020
Pages: 32
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Disabled Student Programs and Services. 2020 Report
California Community Colleges, Chancellor's Office
The California Community Colleges served 2,116,293 students in 2017-18 and 2,089,209 students in 2018-19. It is the largest system of higher education in the nation. One hundred and fourteen of the 115 California community colleges use state funding allocated for Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSPS) to assist in providing support services and educational accommodations to students with disabilities so they can have full and equitable access to community college classes. DSPS served 121,748 students during the 2017-18 academic year and 121,100 students during the 2018-19 academic year. This report reflects the 2017-18 and 2018-19 academic years and is written in response to Education Code section 67312(b). This section requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to report every two years to the governor and the education policy committees of the Legislature on its system for evaluating "state-funded programs and services for disabled students on each campus at least every five years." The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office (Chancellor's Office) is pleased to report on the four elements mandated by legislation: (1) staff and student perception of program effectiveness; (2) data on the implementation of the program; (3) physical accessibility requirements; and (4) outcome data. The report also includes a statewide review of the enrollment, retention, transition and graduation rates of community college students receiving services through DSPS compared to non-DSPS students. This data was collected from 114 colleges and has been analyzed in this report. The review of 2017-18 and 2018-19 Chancellor's Office data shows that in comparison to non DSPS students, DSPS students: (1) make up nearly 5% of the community college student population; (2) continue to take educational assistance courses at a higher rate than non-DSPS students; (3) have higher rates of persistence from year to year; (4) drop out of college courses at the same rate as non-DSPS students; (5) are lower in the completion of basic skills courses; (6) are making progress towards being prepared to transfer to a four-year college; and (7) perform similarly in both workforce preparation courses and short-term vocational courses when compared to their non-disabled peers. [For the previous report, "Disabled Student Programs and Services, 2018 Report," see ED592983.]
California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office. 1102 Q Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. Tel: 916-327-5887; Fax: 916-327-5889; e-mail: whom@cccco.edu; Web site: http://www.cccco.edu
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: California Community Colleges, Chancellor's Office
Identifiers - Location: California
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